Makhachev should have fought Belal Muhammad

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Makhachev had been talking about moving up to 170 lbs for a while & likely would have if Leon had beaten Belal, but when Belal became champion he straight up refused to fight Makhachev while Makhachev at first entertaining the idea but later Javier Mendez said they trained together and won't fight.

I don't dislike Belal Muhammad but he seems to have changed his tune since Makhachev became Champion, Belal now says it's a sport and if he got the opportunity he won't say no to a title fight.

Now he has also thrown Islam under the bus saying he wants to fight Kamaru because it's an easier fight and Ali, Usman & Makhachev are pushing it together.

What he's saying is true but it's a little scummy of Belal Muhammad to earlier pretend that he's best friends with Makhachev when he was champion and now that Makhachev is the champion he's open to fight him & indirectly calling him a duck.

If Makhachev had moved up to fight Belal he would have raked up atleast a couple of welterweight defences but he fell for belals brotherhood gimmick.
 
yea I kinda hate how muslim fighters dont fight each other often and avoid if they can because often times the fight between 2 high level grapplers are very entertaining(both forced to stand and trade)
 
Belal has gone on record saying he won't fight Islam and has only since changed his stance in hopes that he'll be fast tracked, which won't ever happen.
 
He shouldn't have fought Belal because Belal = no money, no prestige.

You get nothing from beating down Belal.

It's an easy, pointless fight that doesn't pay.
 
Belal is not a former Welterweight GOAT - that is an excuse for a title shot.

Can't come off an ass whooping and get a title shot.

I do think - if the terms were right - Belal might fight Islam. They're not as close as many may think.

I think his rage is more geared towards Kamaru and he wants that smoke 💨
 
uh no, in this fantasy thread i made another fantasy suggestion and your best answer is "it's fantasy" yeah, THE WHOLE THREAD IS BOZO. my initial question was legit, why do you just assume Islam would win
Cinnamon buns.
 
They won’t because they both wanna push the Islamic agenda and take over the world
 
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He trained with team khabib and admitted he got destroyed. He only talked about Khabib but he is retired and everyone gets destroyed by him but rumour has it (according to rumours I have heard from some mma people in the know) that his sparring with Islam went really bad for him, in all the interviews and podcast he did to talk about his experiences with them he has never mentioned Islam once lol.
 
What he's saying is true but it's a little scummy of Belal Muhammad to earlier pretend that he's best friends with Makhachev when he was champion and now that Makhachev is the champion he's open to fight him & indirectly calling him a duck.
It was always retarded.

This is an individual sport.

You want the belt or do you want distant friendships?
 
Belal get's smoked by Islam. He only became a threat once he started training with those boys and you aren't catchup a lifetime of grappling in a few camps.
 
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